Friday, Jamie and I went to El Mezcal for some yummy Mexican food! Delish! Then we went to Baskin Robbins (bad choice...too full!). Then we went to the Redbirds baseball game with some people from our Sunday School class. I really don't like baseball to be perfectly honest, but I guess it's like an all American sport or something :) I just enjoyed getting to hang out with fun people. It ended badly because I got kinda hurt. Go figure. At the end of the game, there were fireworks and I got hit in the eye with a daggum spark! I saw about 30 seconds of the fireworks then held my eye the rest of the time. It seriously felt like a shard of class was in my eyeball. Ick! But no worries, my sight is still perfecto! Praise Jesus!
Me and Jamie on the bluff at the game
Saturday was of course Syrup Saturday with waffles. We worked out, had lunch at home, hung out some more, bathed Leia and then went to dinner at Pei Wei and walked around the mall. That night, I went to Emily's house to watch Dear John. Talk about a tear jerker! Oh I cried my eyes out! Sweet movie!
Sunday, we went to Sunday School, came home, I napped, we went to the gym, then we went to dinner at Genghis Grill with 2 couple friends, BJ and Sarah, Daniel and Whitney. Fun fun fun people! I'm so glad we finally have some married friends that we can hang out with. We finally have our friends rather than just mine and Jamie's different friends. God has just really blessed us with so many friends that we really mesh well with and I'm so grateful! We've been waiting for friends like these :) I love it!
On to today...it's been a long day because it's been a long night. We went to bed a little after 10:00 and then my body told me it was time to wake up around midnight. I was up. For good. All night. Into the morning. Yee haw. Can't blame it on the dog. Wasn't her fault. But I watched 3 episodes of Law and Order, the movie Big and played Line Up on my phone for a while. Was I productive or what?! But as I was watching Law and Order, I got thinking on a deeper level. Here's what I came up with...
Sometimes, I feel as though I could handle my own and take care of myself if I were ever attacked in a dark parking lot or anywhere when I'm alone. I feel like I'm strong enough and feisty enough that I could get away. (Wishful thinking, right?) Anyway. I was thinking on a deeper lever, but along those same lines. Why don't I have that attitude when it comes to Satan? Do I feel as confident in myself to fight the battles he's going to throw in my way?
1st Peter 5:8 says, "Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour."
Does that intimidate or scare you? It does me for sure! But it shouldn't! I should think of Satan like I would a potential attacker, ready for their attack, confident that I could get away and defeat the predator trying to make me their prey. Each day, I need to wake up and clothe myself in God's winning armor. (Read about that here) Each morning, before I do anything else, I need to put on my belt of truth, confident that I can fight the Devil with God's word and loving truth. I need to put the breastplate of righteousness in place, and get my feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. So I need to be ready for what comes at me from day to day, trusting that my righteous Father will give me a sense of peace. I also need to take up the shield of faith, so that I can fight off the arrows of the evil one. Then, I'll need to put on the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God. I need to prepare for battle every single day. Just like I am alert and on guard whenever I am alone at night, I need to be alert and on guard 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for our enemy, the devil, because he is just lurking around waiting to attack. If I wake up and prepare myself for battle, there's no way Satan can defeat me.
I just want to encourage you to put on your holy armor every day and trust that God is on your side, fighting the battle with you! I dare Satan to try to mess with God. He's going to lose. Heck, he's already lost! Whose team will you fight for? If you fight on God's side, you will always be a winner. Go with God, my friends. Go with God.
Much love to all of you and have a lovely Monday!!
It's funny that you blogged about this, because the other night I had a creeper at the snocone stand and was thinking along the very same lines! And I love the verse, as always.
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